Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, the spiritual leader of New York’s Congregation Kehillath Jeshurun, sounded the shofar at a prayer service held Sunday in Yankee Stadium for the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attack against the United States. Four other rabbis, as well as leaders of other faiths, addressed the remembrance gathering.
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